My American magical life
Chapter 1065: 120: Has the Wild Experiment of Neoliberalism Succeeded?

Chapter 1065: Chapter 120: Has the Wild Experiment of Neoliberalism Succeeded?

The Tacitus Trap refers to when a public authority loses credibility, no matter what they say, they will be questioned.

In the studio of Trevor’s Daily Show, Trevor’s assistant stood by his side, discussing the design details for tonight.

“The teleprompter on the left is for the scheduled script, the one on the right is for special circumstances. We’ve made two emergency plans; don’t let Kevin lead you by the nose.

Though he’s known for being a clueless fool, he’s actually a very smart politician, and…”

Trevor was somewhat fed up with the assistant’s babbling, saying.

“OK, OK, buddy, you can rest for now. Makeup artist, come here, my eyes feel uncomfortable, could it be the false eyelashes acting up?”

The standby makeup artist, sitting around long-term, rushed to Trevor’s side like hearing God’s mercy.

The assistant director responsible for live control stands at the center of the studio crowd with a sketchpad, confirming the progress of preparations one by one to ensure the live broadcast starts smoothly.

“Alright, folks, everything’s ready!”

The audiences of CC Channel heard their old friend Trevor in the familiar opening animation and music.

Today, he’s wearing a light gray summer thin suit, with an authentic pink and blue tie.

Position doesn’t exist, the evaluation is neutral, the show is objective and humorous, and the content quality is undeniable.

But as a minority from South Africa, whether Trevor has a position, everyone understands.

Trevor sat slightly to the right of the camera, and on the TV screen, an image appeared to his left—a scene photo after the attack on the American embassy in Nigeria.

“Nigeria, have you heard of this name?

Hmm, I guess not, most Americans’ understanding of Africa is limited to us being brought over there to pick cotton, and South African blacks pressing whites underneath them.

As for Nigeria, what is Nigeria?”

A familiar canned laughter arises, and Trevor’s spicy satire amused the audience.

America is like this, a developed country with an illiteracy rate akin to the Third World, how could the common people raised through happy education possibly know where Nigeria is.

Let alone them, even those on Capitol Hill, some might not know either.

“Alright, actually what I want to say is, where Nigeria is doesn’t matter. What matters is our ambassador in Nigeria was killed, along with him ten staff members killed by terrorists!

I’m sure everyone watched Mr. Flynn’s clarification, our national security assistant tried to make us believe that a bunch of African tribesmen armed with bows and spears killed our ambassador under embassy military protection!

To be honest, I believed it, did you?”

There was a wave of boos on-site.

This is the Tacitus Trap.

Once trust is lost, no matter how detailed and fitting the investigation, it cannot win people’s trust.

“Actually, you and I both know, our respected Great Commander chose a wealthy family from Africa as a marriage alliance to find a good husband for his daughter.

And this First Daughter’s fiancé is suspected of involvement in a horrific international child trafficking and sexual exploitation crime syndicate, their primary crime location is in backward Nigeria!”

As soon as Trevor said this, the television instantly fell silent; inside the studio was quiet too, and at home, the audience’s hearts sank.

“I got certain national security agency’s secret investigation progress from ‘anonymous sources’, they concluded, the death of the American ambassador might be a terrorist attack by this crime syndicate to cover up the crime!”

“Anonymous sources”—one of America’s specialties, more accurately, one of Washington D.C.’s specialties.

They could be one person, or a group, or perhaps might never exist at all.

But the media don’t have to care about them, the media need just the audience’s belief in these ‘conscientious’ sources.

Actually, Trevor’s statement is full of logical holes.

The fact is, the Great Commander is a Republican Party member, the deceased Nigerian ambassador is a relative of former Republican Party Great Commander Bush, they’re on the same side.

Assuming the Great Commander’s fiancé truly had criminal suspicions, the Nigerian ambassador should help cover the truth to protect the Republican Party’s overall reputation.

Actually, when the Nigerian ambassador was in contact with Will-incited media interviews, the stance he showed was like this.

But logic is abstract, compared to complex logic arguments required, igniting emotions only needs a spark.

And the media’s target is ratings, as long as emotions are in place, ratings won’t fall—that’s similar to the emotional flow routine in face-slap literature.

In any case, few people know the Nigerian ambassador is Bush’s relative.

The power exchange has become an industry’s default rule, but outsiders don’t understand.

“Oh, by the way, folks, Flynn was also appointed by our Great Commander~”

Trevor mysteriously supplemented.

Instantly, in the minds of the audience whose brains were long stuck in a primordial phase, a conspiracy theory emerged.

The evil Great Commander trafficking children, the righteous ambassador discovering the truth.

Then comes silencing, sending your own people to investigate~

Done!

Creating a conspiracy theory is just that easy.